Cape Foulweather - Oregon Coast

Find panoramic views and history but no facilities. Adjacent to Highway 101, Otter Crest Road is a one-way road going south that leads to Otter Crest viewpoint. (Cape Foulweather). Winds can reach 100 mph during storms. A gift shop on the north side is a real cliffhanger called The Lookout Observatory. Maps show this as Otter Crest and Cape Foulweather is actually a promontory to the north full of homes...so not sure what's with that. Captain James Cook, the great English navigator named the promontory on March 7, 1778 on a day of particularly inclement weather. He had just come in his two ships "Resolution" and "Discovery," from discovering the sandwich (Hawaiian) islands and this was his first sight of the New Albion (The Pacific Northwest Coast of America). View from atop the cape looking south to Yaquina Head.